Station list
05533400 SAWMILL CREEK NEAR LEMONT, IL
LOCATION.--Latitude 41°42'28", longitude 87°57'45", in NE¼SW¼ sec.10, T.37 N., R.11 E., Du Page County,
on concrete abutment on right bank, 50 ft upstream from bridge on Bluff Road at south edge of Argonne National
Laboratory, 2.5 mi northeast of Lemont, and at mile 1.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 17, 1986 to current year.
GAGE.--An 8-in.-diameter, unheated, tipping-bucket rain gage
REMARKS.--Snowfall-affected data can result during cold weather when snow fills the rain-gage funnel and then melts as temperatures rise. Snowfall-affected data are subject to appreciable errors.
MAXIMUM FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum recorded, 6.17 in., July 17, 1996 but may have been greater during periods of missing record.
MAXIMUM FOR WATER YEAR 1998.--Maximum, 3.92 in., August 4, 1998.